Battery-electrode support.



' Patented Maj 25, 1909.

.' ATTORNEY5 UNiTEn s'rnrns rATENT OFFICE.

GIIARLES B. SUHOENMEHL, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BATTERY-ELECTRODE SUPPORT.

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The invention lfurther relates to means for supporting both the plate and zinc electrodes within a battery jar and in asimple,

practical `and convenient 'wayfrom a battery cover by a pair of nuts which can be readily attached or detached; further to include means for suspending the Zinc from the plate holder, adjacent to but properly spaced from the plates whereby the device is made highly efiicient, and convenient ofattachment to, or removal from a battery cover 3 and finally to provlde means for engaging the edges only'oi the negative elecw trode 'thusleaving the entire sides exposed for action.

To this end the invention resides and consists in the features and arrangement of construction shown upon the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification upon which similar characters of refer# ence denote like or correspondingl parts throughout the several figures and of which,

Figure 1, shows a side elevation of my i1nproved support suspended from a battery cover and with both primary 'battery elec trodes supported therein. Fig. 2,v is any edge view of the support and electrode shown in Fig. Fig. 3, is a sectional plan view of the support and parts carried thereon taken on line 3 3 of F ig. 1 Fig. 4, is a central-vertical longitudinal section through a portion of upper plate, supporting frame and attached zmcs, takenon line'4 4t of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5, is a ldetached plan view of a slightly modified form of top .part of supporting frame.

My support consists of a suitable channel frame formed of sheet metal out and-shaped to receive the edges of the plates in a neat and com act manner and havingconnectl ed] rodsv or supporting the. device from a Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 10, 1 908,

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 437,614. l

y cover, within a jar, and also includes means for insulatingly attaching the zines to the ira-me and plates so as to removably su port the two elements from the two by means of nuts as shown. n

In detail 6 represents a suitable' porcelain.

lcover for a battery jar, which may be any' one of a number of, opulardesigns to' be found upon .the mar et, and is provided 65 with holes 7 7 on'eitller side to lreceive supporting rods 8 8 and an intermediate hole 9- through which a Wire" 1() passes. The two supportingrods are .provided with annular shoulders 11 which in practice en- 70 gage. the underside ofthe cover surrounding the aforesaid holes 7 while nuts 12 threadably' engage the upper ends of the. rods .to form a detachable connection ofthe rods to the cover,v and whereby the plate support' 75 is suspended. One of these rods 8 may be provided with an extra nut 13and thus serve as a binding nut fora wire to the negative side of battery.

14 1-l represents 'a pair of vertically dis? 8o posed sheet metal channel frames for engaging and supporting the op osite side edges of the plates l5'and 16, an 17 and 18 similar' sheet metal channel cross pie'ce's, one to coverthe topedge of the upper plate 15 while the 35 other similarly incloses the under edge of the lower plate 16. The upper portions 19 of the side frames 14 are turned in around ithe ver.-

'tically disposed portions of the supporting rods 8 8 to form a 'rigid connection of one 9o to the other. These rods 8 may be formed separately as seen lin Figs.. 2 and 3, whereinl their lower portions 2O are turned in at a' right angle against the top frame piece 17 and with their extremities21 deflected up to 95 engage the upper opposite side portions of A the insulating block 22 as shown', or said rods may beformed in a single piece as seen in Fig. 5, wherein the intermediate portions are v connected and bowed up' as at 23 to span and 10o engage the said block. This construction obviously serves to insure the latter retaining their proper position spaced. from the plates'. In practice the horizontal cross pieces of the frame are l{3)reierabl'ysecured. tothe ver- 105' tical side mein er by forming slotslet therein and' then projecting the end portions 25 of the cross pieces therethrough and turning the same over upon such sides as shown in Figs. 1 and 2... l p

A porcelain block 22 as before referred to, is used tb insulatively secure the zines to the vI' S (30 therethrough to receive a bolt 27 which together with the nut 84 serves to secure the zincs 28 thereto and to electrically connect lv the same4 in the manner indicated. The front and rear sides ofthe block are provided with a shouldered recess 29 to receive' a 'shouldered lugSO onA the zinc to form aiirm and rigid connection between the two and to 1 prevent them from turning. Washers 31 may be employed intermediate the bolt head, nut and the zines, as shown, and a binding nut 33 is attached to outer end of bolt 27 to engage. the connecting wire before men- Zo tioned, and which is rovided with a suitable rubbercovering an :taken up through the :hole 9 incover 6 for attachment to adjoining battery or circuit wire as case may fre uire. From the foregoing it will be seenv t at a device is provided which not onlysupports the co`pper plates but also supports the zines and that both elements are carried together as if` but one, and are made attachable and detachable by a pair of nuts. Itzvill also be noted that the zincs and blocks are thus braced b the upturned portions 21 of the rods and/lare otherwise secured in a manner which will prevent the said zines from being l deflected ,out of position by the drawing of the wire 10 tight or in fact by any other cause uch as is liable to arise in use.

,.S'It ill be obvious that a singlev plate of a size e `ual to, or diferent from that of the two lates combined maybe used instead of @0' a par of plates as shown, and accordingly i the size of the frame may be varied to accommodate-the change in plate if required.

Having thus described my invention what l I .claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 31. An electrode supporting frame for a battery, comprising channeled side and cross vpieces to engage andoverlap the four edges of an electrode, a pair of sup orting rods secured to thev upper portion ofthe said frame above the cross pieces, and means' forthe attachrnent of said rods to a battery cover. 2. An electrode su porting frame for a :batter ,vy comprising c anneled sheet metal et cross pieces touengage and overlap the top .secured to the upper I combination wit sheet metal side pieces to engage and overlap the side edges of an electrode and connected l with the cross pieces and extended above the top cross'pieceiandaz suspending rod secured' to each ofsaidg' "Xten" ed side pieces.

3.*An electrodes orting frame for av battery, comprising a metal to engag'ef'the 4fo dges of a negative plate and having `the .edges of they frame turned overupo- :the-sides of the plate to hold the'same in place,' and L shaped rods supporting the same from a cover.

4. In a batter of the class described, the combination wit i a negative plate electrode, of a sheet metal channel frame for inclosing .the edges thereof, an insulating block supported upon the top portion of the frame, rods securedto the upper portions of saidV frame with means for attachment to a cover and having their lower ortions deilected inward across the top of t e frame and against the block, andpositive plate electrodes se# cured to the sides of saidblock on the oppositesidesl of the frame.

5. In a battery of the class described, the 'a negative electrode, of a supporting frame for engaging the edges of the said element, an insulating block secured tothe top edge of the frame, means to brace the upper portion of the block, zinc electrodes secured to the sides ofthe 'block and on opposite sides of the negative electrodes with means for electrically connecting the two zines. f .i

6. In a batterv of the class described, the combination wit a negative electrode, of a supporting frame' for engaging. the edges of the electrode, an insulating block secured to the top of the said frame, sus ending rods secured to the said frame with t e lower portions disposed inwardly and upwardly upon the said insulating block to brace the-same, positive electrodes secured to the opposite sides of the said block and spaced from the negative electrodewith means for electrically connecting the two ositive electrodes.

Signed at Water ury, in the county of" New Haven, and State'of Connecticutthis 1st day of June A. D., 1908.` ,y

CHARLES B. SCHOENMEHL. Witnesses C. M. NEWMAN, RUTH RAYMOND.

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